DIY

Along_the_Wire

Dubman lesson to be learnt here, DB. You should’ve charged them £4,400

Dubman

Along_the_Wire
It’s not in my nature to rip people off. I did give her a little discount as it’s my mates sister. But certainly not 50%

Along_the_Wire

Millsy Fucking LOL

Homegrove

I sell tools, chemicals etc for professionals for living (technical wholesale I believe is the term, no retail ever again thank you, exclusively to companies, retail customers are all cunts), can’t do shit myself. Father in law is a proper DYI guy who loves it, so as long as he’s around we’re golden. He also lives only a few blocks away.

rhouses

The concept of DIY doesn’t exist in India. Double edged sword.

Hursty

rhouses Its a clever western marketing ploy mate. Convince the public they can do trade jobs at home, they spend a fortune buying all the kit and materials, make a complete hash of it, then have to get the professionals in to sort it out.

End result is twice as much cash is spent.

Dubman

rhouses
I love seeing tradesman turn up to do a job in India on just a scooter and a bucket of tools. Whereas I turn up with a van full of gear.

rhouses

Hursty haha. I’ll take that as some solace for being absolutely useless.

Do clean out the AC filters without having to call the servicing guy - the wife loves it.

mono-stereo

Dubman Whereas I turn up with a van full of gear.

“gear” as in speed?

What do you do all day?

rhouses

Dubman We’ve been talking about replacing our geyser, thinking the geyser guy will probably come on his scooter with it, no questions asked.

Dubman

mono-stereo
LOL.. could you imagine decorating on speed. Charging around like a lunatic with paint splashing everywhere & not just on the surface your doing.

Smallman1

Dubman A few weeks ago I priced a job at for a lady. It’s a nice big house in a very nice area. My price was just under £2000 plus materials. She had another quote from somebody else for £4500. If you’re going to get any work done by any tradesman make sure you get a few quotes.

Very true.

The quotes for my roof ranged from £10k to £4k.

Went with the £4k option, obvs.

Along_the_Wire

Smallman1 I can’t help of our dear friend BF with his ‘you buy cheap, you pay twice’ mantra.

Millsy

Dubman. Have you ever had any kind of ‘confessions of an interior decorator’ type caper? You know the sort of thing. Husband away on business. Mrs O’Flaherty turns up at the door in a pink negligee and mules and makes suggestive comments about the size of your rollers. Next thing you know its ‘ows yer father’ and cash in hand. That sort of thing.

Dubman

Millsy
I’ve been in the game for nearly 25 years now and I also know a lot of other tradesman. And it’s never happened to any of us although one of my electrician mates reckoned it’s happened to him year’s ago.

-si-

Millsy

What are your taxi drivers like over there or do you lads use trains mostly? It’s fucking amazing the amount of 20 stone plus drivers who have told me about the unbelievably fit 21 year olds who sang karaoke on their hairy microphones as they had no money to pay their fares!

rhouses

Millsy lol

Dubman

Some people’s mentality is that if they pay more then they’ll get a better job or product which is not always the case.

Millsy

Cwooooaaaar!

Dubman

Millsy
I wish.. could you adjust my pink curtains before you leave.

Along_the_Wire

Millsy Cwooooaaaar!

LOL

Smallman1

Tbf it was an absolute disaster but the job they were paid to do, they appear to have done.

Left a trail of destruction though, including bullying my 89 year old neighbour.

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